The bravery shown by Zoe, Cody and Liam is incredible. Yesterday, they came to Parliament to share their deeply personal experiences of a rogue funeral director with Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones and to call for a change in the law.

🥊Thank you so much to Carl from The kinetic Studio in Churwell for the invite to see your brilliant business in operation! This place brings wellbeing, fitness and food under one roof and across multiple floors. So pleased to see this building put to such good use. More here: www.thekinetic.space

A moving Remembrance Sunday across Leeds South West & Morley. It was a privilege to attend services in Morley, Churwell, Robin Hood and Tingley to honour those who sacrificed so much for the freedom we enjoy today. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

🗣️Thank you so much to all the residents who came to my surgery in Churwell today. 📍I rotate weekly surgeries across 11 locations Leeds South West & Morley. 📧If you’d like to know details of my upcoming surgeries, please just email me: [email protected]

Proud to place our tribute in the Garden of Remembrance in Parliament on behalf of everyone in Leeds South West & Morley. We will never forget their eternal sacrifice. We will remember them.

Huge thank you to the Morley Indians for your invite to celebrate at the Diwali Gala at Woodkirk School again. What an absolutely tremendous event. Special congratulations to those won a trip to Paris in the raffle!

🕛Walk-in Surgery Reminder🕑 This Saturday, from 12:30pm until 2:30pm, at Churwell Community Centre. All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome. I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations, please contact me for details: 📧[email protected]

🏃‍♂️Proud to back Morley Running Club and the the Fire Fighters Charity in Parliament. My right knee still hasn't fully recovered...

🍂October Update 2025🎃 Read the highlights here: www.marksewards.co.uk/latest-news/...

Many thanks to Andy Dalton and Morley Community Church for hosting their annual Remembrance Service today. It was a special day because we heard about the service of Ewart & Austin Waring, two men who were killed in the Far East and have a grave at the church.

I’m at St John’s Church (LS12 4RU) in Wortley for my open surgery until 12pm. All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome! I rotate my weekly surgeries around 11 locations, please contact me for more info: 📧 [email protected]

We’re in Morley Morrisons volunteering for the Royal British Legion today. Well done to Gail for diligently organising the volunteers once again!

On my way back from Parliament to celebrate my 7th Wedding Anniversary with my wonderful wife, Alice. I’m forever grateful to be her husband. We’ll be at the Morley Lantern Festival with Oscar and Arthur this evening!

🍂🕙NOVEMBER SURGERIES🕛🍂 Any resident in Leeds South West & Morley is welcome to show up to any walk in surgery, or book any appointment, no matter the location. To book an appointment, please email [email protected] or just turn up to the walk in surgeries.

Great to attend the FCA forum in Leeds last week for the Chancellor's launch of the Scale-Up Unit, designed to help firms meet their growth potential. I met with financial service leaders from across the North of England in my capacity as the chair of the Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire APPG.

Big thanks to the Friends of Farnley Fish Pond for organising a Halloween Event over the weekend. Oscar managed to complete the scavenger hunt without much help! The Fish Pond looks great now, lots of work has been done to bring it back to life. Check it out if you haven’t been.

Huge congratulations Lucy Powell on her win. She always backed my constituents during Business Questions and I look forward to working with her in this new role. Commiserations to Bridget Phillipson who will continue her excellent work to give every child the best start in life.

It was a genuine pleasure to spend the afternoon at Woodkirk Academy with their new student leadership team. The school brought together 55 student leaders from across the Leodis Trust for a full day of leadership training. Really good to see so much enthusiasm for learning and helping others.

🕙Walk-in Surgery Reminder🕛 This Saturday, from 10am until 12pm, at Morley Labour Rooms. All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome. I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details: 📧[email protected]

Wishing a Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating the Festival of Lights in Leeds South West & Morley!

The Health Secretary has rightly announced an independent inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals following failings in maternity care over the last 15 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🏉 Backing Rugby League in Leeds South West & Morley Today I met with the Leeds Rhinos Foundation at Farnley Falcons. We spoke with Sam and Dan from the Foundation, and Tom and Jonny from the Falcons, about how Rugby League can be better supported. Always a pleasure to see Jamie Jones-Buchanan too!

Happy Saturday in Leeds South West & Morley! Started in East Ardsley with my weekly surgery, this time at St Michael's Church Hall. Thank you to everyone who attended. I continue to hold weekly surgeries, rotating around 11 different locations in Leeds South West & Morley.

Huge thank you to the Hong Kong community for inviting me to the grand reveal of their mural in Leeds Kirkgate Market. I attended alongside local Farnley & Wortley councillors Adrian McCluskey and Kate Haigh.

An update on burglaries in Morley. These criminals are a plague on our town and should pay for the crimes they have committed. I will be in contact with businesses soon to confirm a time for the meeting with Inspector Mark Lund.

‼️Calling all community groups, charities and schools in Leeds South West & Morley‼️ The Transpennine Route Upgrade team have launched their 2025 Community Fund and there is limited time left to apply. Apply here: www.neighbourly.com/trucommunity...

Heading back down to Parliament after a busy weekend, complete with a celebration for Oscar’s 4th birthday. Shout out to Toddler Sense in Morley for putting on an amazing superhero party for Oscar and his friends today!

🤝Packed surgery in Gildersome today, thank you so much to everyone who attended. Thanks for your patience as too we worked through all the different cases. 📍I hold weekly surgeries in 11 different locations; please email me for details or look out for the reminders. 📧[email protected]

Big thanks to Craig, manager of Morley Leisure Centre, for taking me around the centre on National Fitness Day 2025. We were also grateful to be joined by LCC Operations Manager Paul.

No one should serve in the Houses of Parliament because of the family they were born into. It’s time for Hereditary Peers to go. Despite the best efforts of the opposition, we voted again to remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords. My contribution: fb.watch/CDA21vUZtZ/

⏰Open Surgery Reminder⏰ This Saturday, from 10am until 12pm at Gildersome Meeting Hall. All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome. I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations, please contact my team for details. [email protected]

Massive well done to everyone who organised and took part in the Morley 10K this weekend! Is this the hilliest 10K? The marshalls and Morley Running Club did such an amazing job, wonderful to see Morley at its best! So good to run alongside so many people from our communities.

I’m horrified by today's attack at a synagogue in Manchester. The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, is despicable. My thoughts are with the Jewish community and the loved ones of all those affected.

🍃SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE🍂 📥Cases opened for residents: 482 📤Cases closed for residents: 806 My team and I continue to complete as many individual support requests from residents as we can. Please contact us and we will always try to help. www.facebook.com/share/p/1VLM...

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Thank you to the team at Alliance Healthcare in Millshaw business park, just next to the White Rose Centre, for the invite to meet your dedicated workers and tour the site.

Busy open surgery in Morley this morning, thank you to everyone who came along. Lots done and lots to do. I hold weekly surgeries in Leeds South West & Morley, rotating around 11 different locations. October schedule below! 📧[email protected]

Very pleased to support the East Ardsley United Cricket Club 7th annual beer festival! Open all weekend, please show your support. Proud to sponsor this event alongside your Labour Councillors in Ardsley and Robin Hood.

It's time to regulate the funeral industry. I had very productive meetings with the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and with the largest single provider of funerals in the UK, Co-op Funeralcare. They were both unambiguous about their support for regulation of the funeral sector.

£20 MILLION secured for Farnley ✅ £2m a year for the next decade. And the best part? Local people will decide how it’s spent. Complete my survey to have your say on how this historic investment should be spent 👇 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Door-to-door conversations are for life, not just for election time. Wonderful to take Education Secretary, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, around Wortley to meet residents alongside an amazing team of volunteers. Bridget has my full support to be Deputy Leader of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social.

Really enjoyed spending time in Wortley with @markjsewards.bsky.social speaking with local members and residents. We won’t beat Reform by standing on the sidelines. As Deputy Leader, with a seat in Cabinet, I’ll unite our party, deliver change and take the fight to Reform.

⏰Open Surgery Reminder⏰ This Saturday, from 10am until 12pm at Morley Labour Rooms. All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome. I rotate my weekly surgeries between 11 different locations across the constituency, please contact my team for details. [email protected]

Great weekend spent across Leeds South West & Morley and a bit beyond. Thanks to all the residents who came to my open surgery in Lofthouse. Some really challenging cases that my team and I will work on this coming week.

✅Leeds South West & Morley CLP nominates @bphillipsonMP for Deputy Leader! Free breakfast clubs; expansion of free school meals; Best Start Family Hubs; funding 30 hours childcare; school based nurseries and more, Bridget is delivering in Government. Proud to #BackBridget🌹

It is absolutely essential that investment in northern transport continues.

⏰Open Surgery Reminder⏰ This Saturday, from 10am until 12pm at Christ Church. All residents of Leeds South West & Morley welcome. Please contact my team for details about any future surgery. [email protected]

It’s time to regulate the funeral sector. Following my question today, Cody and Zoe will now meet with the Minister as we seek to change the law in this area.

Thank you so much to the team at Leeds Baby Bank to come and see their work in action alongside Chancellor and local MP, Rachel Reeves. The organisation sits just inside Leeds West & Pudsey but it serves every constituency in Leeds.

Opportunities with Channel 4 in Leeds Great to meet the team at Channel 4 recently to cover their ‘4skills’ programme. They run this from their National HQ in Leeds, specifically to open up careers in TV and digital media for young people right here. What are they offering?